HONITON, a town of Devonshire in England, seated near the river Otter, over which there is a bridge on the road from London to Exeter. A dreadful fire happened here in July 1747, which consumed three parts of the town, and the damage was computed at 43,000l. It sends two members to parliament; but being no corporation, a portreeve is the returning officer. It has one church, which is half a mile from the town, and a chapel within it; with about 400 houses, which are chiefly in one broad-paved street. Here is a large manufactory of bone-lace. W. Long. 3. 11. N. Lat. 50. 43.